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[WP] You're watching the TV when the news breaks. The supernatural is real! Secret societies of monsters live among us! The masquerade is broken! As you sit shocked, your cat turns to you and says "OK, now we can drop the pretense, I do have a number of complaints..."
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[WP] The inevitable Flappy Bird Movie has been greenlit, and you, a struggling screenwriter, have been given the opportunity to pen the script. Everyone expects the movie to tank, taking your career with it. You, however, have a plot idea that will turn the film into a masterpiece.
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[WP] For many years, humans have been sent to try to turn off a self-replicating super computer that is getting out of hand. Every time someone goes in, they leave completely unharmed, but convinced by the perfect argument, that it should not be turned off. You decide to go in and try it yourself.
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[WP] At 16, you decide to finally get in shape and buy some weights from a dodgy seller. 4 years pass, and they seem just as heavy as before. Having lost all motivation and after a couple of beers, you decide to challenge the gym strongman to an arm-wrestle. You break his arm and destroy the table.
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[WP] An isolated group of NPCs live near the very edge of the generated worldmap where the accuracy of floating-point numbers start to degrade, full of strange geological formations and supernatural phenomena
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[WP] A little known cosmic fact is that there were only ever 10 billion human souls produced. As the population slowly creeps upwards, the department of reincarnation struggles to find a workaround.
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[WP] Humans were never meant to be able to draw perfect circles. For millennia people of all ages attempted the feat, from young children to elder scientists - and everyone in-between. After drawing one perfectly on your first attempt, you finally understand the ramifications behind your actions.
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[WP] An alien race made contact with Earth in 2020. In 2050, you visit a museum dedicated to that historical day. As you look at the markings on the side of the alien ship you realize that you can read them. They are the same symbols that you created back in 2015 to code your personal diary.
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[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?"
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